Tripura government focusing on education sector: CM Manik Saha

NEW DELHI: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Friday said his government is focusing on the education sector so that students from the state don't need to go outside to study. Saha speaking at a government programme in South Tripura's Sabroom said earlier the state used to have 10-15 medical seats but now it has 400 medical seats including MBBS.

"We now have Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), National Forensic Science University (NFSU), National Law University (NLU), National Institute of Technology (NIT) and National Sanskrit University in Tripura," he said. The CM said the state government was spending crores of rupees for building infrastructure for the education sector in the state. He said the state's annual budget has increased to Rs 32,000 crore for 2025-26 FY from Rs 27,000 crore during 2024-25 FY.

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"It is a giant leap in the state's budgetary outlay and it has been possible because the Centre is convinced that all round development is taking place in our state. Besides, the World Bank has given Rs 1,400 crore for development of infrastructure," he said. Saha claimed the quantum of SGST has increased and Tripura has emerged as the second-highest state in terms of per capita income in the northeast.